68 Stars Before They Were Famous

Started from the bottom, now they here. Before your favorite celebs became famous, they had some pretty interesting jobs!
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Bruno Mars was a Mall DJ and he even managed to break the record player.
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Kanye West sold clothing at The Gap. He always did love fashion!
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Gwen Stefani worked at Dairy Queen! Serving soft serve was a start but she did move on to working at a department store before joining her brother's band.
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Jack White In one of the most unusual pre-fame jobs -- ever -- Jack White worked as an upholsterer. He owned a shop called Third Man Upholstery. The slogan? "Your furniture's not dead."
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According to the Daily Mail, Calvin Harris worked both in a fish market and as a shelf stacker at Marks & Spencer.
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Janelle Monae worked at an Office Depot before she became the youngest maid at a cleaning service. Her co-workers, many of whom were convicts, reportedly asked her to sing as she cleaned.
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Beyoncé used to work at her Mom's salon & swept hair!
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Pharrell attended band camp as a kid, and played the snare drum in his high school marching band. He was discovered in a talent show playing with his band The Neptunes. </p>
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Before Julia Roberts hit the big screen she got the big scoop ... of ice cream that is. She worked at Baskin Robbins!
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Rachel McAdams has a great career as an actress now, but before that she worked the drive-through at McDonald's. She <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rachel-mcadams-i-was-not-a-great-employee-at-mcdonalds-201231" target="_blank">admits</a> she was not the best employee.
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Before Macklemore 'popped some tags,' he worked as a security guard at a youth correctional facility and at the Seattle zoo
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Jim Carrey worked in a factory as a janitor.
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Before making it big after 'American Idol,' Carrie Underwood worked as a cashier at a gas station during her teenage years.
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Before Miley Cyrus started acting, she was a normal girl living on her family's farm in Tennessee.
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Tom Cruise was enrolled in seminary and on track to become a priest until he tried to sneak alcohol in and was asked to leave.
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Lana Del Rey, or Lizzie Grant as a her classmates knew her, studied a branch of philosophy known as metaphysics at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY.
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Before Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. was known as T.I., he worked at an airport cleaning trash off of airplanes!
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When he was 15, Luke Bryan worked at K-Mart!
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Dan Reynolds volunteered full-time as a Mormon missionary in Nebraska for two years while the rest of his Imagine Dragon band mates went to college.
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Blake Shelton worked at his step dad's roofing business.</p>
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Demi Moore used to work at a debt collection agency before her acting career took off.
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After dropping out of UCLA, James Franco worked at McDonald's!
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P!nk also worked under the golden arches at McDonald's.
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When he was 18, Matthew McConaughey lived in Australia for 12 months. While he was down under, he worked as a <a href="http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/before-he-was-famous-matthew-mcconaughey-worked-at/895a91d4-6fe2-4075-a046-af66c1039b07.htm" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">carpenter</span></a>.
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Jennifer Garner played the saxophone in her high school band!
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When she was 17, Nicole Kidman worked as a massage therapist!
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Brad Pitt Dropped out of the University of Missouri's journalism school & danced in a chicken suit for El Pollo Loco. He also chauffeured strippers in a limo.
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Mariah Carey worked a few jobs before becoming a superstar. She was a coat checker, swept hair at a salon, and waited tables!
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Jennifer Hudson flipped burgers before 'American Idol' - at Burger King! After mentioning the chain in her Oscar acceptance speech, Hudson was granted free Burger King for life. But somehow, we don't think that's part of her Weight Watchers plan.
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Before singing all over the world, Katy Perry sang gospel music in her parents' church every Sunday.
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Chase Crawford worked at a valet and parked cars.
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Eva Mendes used to sell hot dogs at Hot Dogs on a Stick before her acting career took off.
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Before she became an actress, Megan Fox dressed up as a banana at a smoothie shop in Florida!
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Channing Tatum had a lot to channel for his role in <i>Magic Mike</i>. Before his acting career, he was an actual stripper!
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Selena Gomez was always in showbiz .. but before Disney and her singing career, she appeared on 'Barney.'
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And BFF Demi Lovato joined Selena on the show featuring the big purple dinosaur!
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When the Diddy wasn't quite so flush, he cleaned bathrooms at a Mexican restaurant.
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Before her career in acting Angelina Jolie was seriously considering becoming a funeral director at age 14!
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Justin Timberlake & Ryan Gosling got their start as "Mickey Mouse Club" members!
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Did you know that Fergie was the voice of Sally in the 'Charlie Brown' cartoons?!
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Christina Aguilera was also a "Mickey Mouse Club" member.
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Before touring all over the world in extravagant outfits as Lady Gaga, the superstar was featured on MTV's 'Boiling Points.'
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In law school, Gerard Butler was president of the law society at the University of Glasgow. He took a job at a law firm but quit shortly after to become a casting assistant.
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Madonna worked at Dunkin Donuts in Times Square.
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Johnny Depp sold pens over the phone.
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In college, Cindy Crawford was a corn shucker.
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Before making it big on "That '70s Show", Ashton Kutcher studied biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa and would have gone to MIT if he didn't lose his scholarship.
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Before his "Glee" days, Matthew Morrison was a sales associate at Gap, just like Kanye!
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Christopher Walken was an animal tamer in a circus.
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James Lipton was a pimp in Paris.
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Jennifer Aniston waited tables and also worked as a telemarketer.
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Michelle Pfeiffer worked in a grocery store.
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Before he was McDreamy, Patrick Dempsey was a juggler.
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This blondie, Debbie Harry, was a playboy model!
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Eminem worked at a factory when he was 16, which entailed sweeping floors and taking out the trash etc. He also worked at Little Caeser's Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!
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Kyle Simmons and Dan Smith studied English at the University of Leeds before they formed Bastille with William Farquarson and Chris Wood.
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Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, now known as Icona Pop, were introduced by a mutual friend at a party.
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Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys was a student at Stocksbridge High School in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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Avicii was just Tim Bergling, a high school student from Sweden.
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Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino met at New York University where they studied music and formed A Great Big World.
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Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities started out writing TV jingles for Hallmark, Home Depot, and Honda.
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Big Sean used to be a Christian rapper.
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Jon Hamm was a set-dresser for adult films.
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Hugh Jackman taught PE.
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Helen Mirren was an amusement park promoter.
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Bon Jovi made Christmas decorations.
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Amy Adams worked at Hooters.
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Whoopi Goldberg was a morgue beautician.
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